“Funny, I have a certificate that says it’s quite real.” I continued walking as I spoke, knowing the bastard was filming me.

“How do you feel knowing that the first place he took you in public was the same restaurant where he used to take all his other dates for the night too?”

I laughed. “I asked my husband to take me to his favorite restaurant. He did. Unlike those other women, it was my choice on where we went. With the others, he didn’t care about what they liked, he just went to his spot without thinking of whether they would enjoy it or not. That’s the difference that you’re either looking for or failing to grasp. Our next night out will be my favorite restaurant. It’s our way of playing “getting to know you better” as newlyweds.”

“Shouldn’t newlyweds already know one another’s favorite restaurants? Shouldn’t they already know everything about one another?”

I raised an eyebrow at him in question, then I stopped walking and turned to give the man my complete, undivided attention. “Are you intentionally obtuse? I know couples who have been married for decades who still don’t know everything there is to know about one another. Did you know when your wife was cheating on you?” I asked the question after having seen something in the news about him being in the middle of a divorce recently.

“Did she know you were cheating on her too? Was that why she did it? Did you two fail to communicate with one another? Did you stop learning about one another over the course of your marriage? People change, sir. People change whether they’re married or not. The married couples who keep up with those changes and take each moment as if it were something new – those are the couples who outlast the odds that are sometimes stacked against them.

“Next year, Tucker and I will probably enjoy the “pick your favorite restaurant” game again for our anniversary, and you know what? It might be totally different places for each of us because we won’t be the same people a year from now that we were this past weekend or the one coming up. Don’t be so narrow-minded in your pursuit of silly celebrity news fodder that you miss the big picture. Now, I have to get to class because part of being a different person next year involves me being a graduate from this esteemed university.”

After class, a girl who I didn’t know, stopped me on my way to grab coffee from Louis’ café. “That reporter this morning slammed you and your husband in his blog. He only took a snippet of what you said to use against you.”

“Well, that’s typical,” I explained.

“No, you don’t understand, he made you look like a complete fool.” That stopped me in my tracks.

“Why are you telling me this?” Her face transformed from concerned to elated.

“I was there this morning,” she admitted as a bright red flush hit her cheeks. “I recorded everything.”